diff --git a/flyteidl/clients/go/admin/auth_interceptor.go b/flyteidl/clients/go/admin/auth_interceptor.go
index c8023d688c..09391df67a 100644
--- a/flyteidl/clients/go/admin/auth_interceptor.go
+++ b/flyteidl/clients/go/admin/auth_interceptor.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func setHTTPClientContext(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config, proxyCredentialsFutu
 		transport.Proxy = http.ProxyURL(&cfg.HTTPProxyURL.URL)
 	}
 
-	if len(cfg.ProxyCommand) > 0 {
+	if cfg.ProxyCommand != nil && len(cfg.ProxyCommand) > 0 {
 		httpClient.Transport = &proxyAuthTransport{
 			transport:              transport,
 			proxyCredentialsFuture: proxyCredentialsFuture,
diff --git a/flyteidl/clients/go/admin/client.go b/flyteidl/clients/go/admin/client.go
index fd7e2860ba..69c3542367 100644
--- a/flyteidl/clients/go/admin/client.go
+++ b/flyteidl/clients/go/admin/client.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func NewAdminConnection(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config, proxyCredentialsFuture
 
 	opts = append(opts, GetAdditionalAdminClientConfigOptions(cfg)...)
 
-	if len(cfg.ProxyCommand) > 0 {
+	if cfg.ProxyCommand != nil && len(cfg.ProxyCommand) > 0 {
 		opts = append(opts, grpc.WithChainUnaryInterceptor(NewProxyAuthInterceptor(cfg, proxyCredentialsFuture)))
 		opts = append(opts, grpc.WithPerRPCCredentials(proxyCredentialsFuture))
 	}